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Twitter on Monday (Sep 8) began testing "buy buttons" that let people make purchases directly from marketing posts fired off at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Monday (Sep 8) began testing "buy buttons" that let people make purchases directly from marketing posts fired off at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service. The move comes as Twitter works to ramp up its appeal to people curious about what is happening at any given moment and to advertisers eager to connect with them. "This is an early step in our building functionality into Twitter to make shopping from mobile devices convenient and easy, hopefully even fun," group product manager Tarun Jain said in an online post. "In our test, the entire purchase can be completed in just a few taps." The test was limited to a small group of Twitter users in the United States who access the service from mobile devices powered by Apple or Android software, according to Jain. Users … [Read more...] about Twitter tests ‘buy’ button for posted ads

App for goods exchange on way The app Dobody Global will be launched on January 16, facilitating the exchange of goods and services over the internet. Dobody connects people together by matching supply with demand, just like other popular third party apps like Uber. It searches for people with goods for sale and links them with people searching for such goods. It also helps people connect with the poor to pass on goods they no longer need. The app has both web and mobile platforms (iOS, Android). Dobody’s system has four basic functions: selling goods, searching for goods, exchanging goods, and passing on unwanted goods. It will initially be free for users and be continuously improved. Mr. Phan Ba Manh, CEO and Founder of Dobody, said that in 2014, during a trip to central Quang Binh province, he found that many people were short of goods while many city-dwellers had goods they no longer needed. He then came up with the idea of an app that brings to two together. Mr. Manh and his … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 18/1

UK Contemporary Dance "Without Stars" Youth Theatre 11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi HCMC: 25 and 26 Oct 2014, 8 pm IDECAF 31 Thai Van Lung, Dist 1, HCMC Without Stars and There We Have Been, two dance productions which were inspired by Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, will be performed in Vietnam on 22, 25 and 26 October. Organised by the British Council Vietnam, this is part of the East Asia tour of the acclaimed James Cousins dance company. James Cousins and his dancers will hit the Youth Theatre in Hanoi in a one-night-only show on 22 October; they will then bring their productions to IDECAF stage on 25 and 26. A graduate of London Contemporary Dance School, James Cousins founded the dance company in 2012 with creative producer Francesca Moseley to explore new ideas with his team of collaborators and to tour his critically acclaimed productions throughout the UK and internationally. Also in 2012, James Cousins won the inaugural Matthew Bourne's New Adventures Choreography … [Read more...] about Events for the week October 20-25